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slaughter

Meaning of “slaughter”

Sense 1: The killing of persons or animals, especially in great number. Sense 2: As a verb, to kill or slay.

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56 occurrences55 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:17

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2 Samuel 1:1
NOW it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 1:1 · retained source text

¶ Now it came to passe after y e death of Saul, when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and Dauid had abode two daies in Ziklag,

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 30.17.

2 Samuel 17:9
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 17:9 · retained source text

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it wil come to passe when some of them bee ouerthrowen at the first, that whosoeuer heareth it, wil say, There is a slaughter among the people that followe Absalom.

1611 marginal noteHeb. fallen.

2 Samuel 18:7
Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 18:7 · retained source text

Where the people of Israel were slaine before the seruants of Dauid, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

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